Farm-gate



(No Model.)

A. 0. VBAUMWART.

FARM GATE.

Patented May 17, 1887.

WITNESSES 58. Q fMa W lbzM ATTORNEYS.

ARTHUR C. BAUM\YART, OF OSSIAN, IOVA.

FARM- GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,108, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed Fobrnary'23, 1887. Serial Nail-18,548. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. BAUMWAR'I, of Ossian, in the county of YVinneshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Farm-Gates, of which the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription. My nvention relates to gates, and has for its ob ectimprovements in' the construction and operation of the same, which willenable them to be as readily opened and closed by a person uponhorseback or seated in a wagon as when upon foot.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, the figure shown being a perspective view of my improvedgate, its supports, and operating mechanism, said gate being slightlyelevated.

The gate a is pivoted at one end, bctween and near the bases of posts 6,upon a pin, a. At either side of said posts, in line with and a shortdistance from them, rise standards 0. Bars (Z connect said posts andstandards, and their axes turn in sockets provided therein. Arms 0,having eyes f on their extremities, extend diagonally outward from saidarms in the direction of the gate. From the rear of said bars extendparallel arms connected by Crossbars h and, carrying between themweights or weightedboxes g, which counterbalance the weight of the gate.From the front of said bars (I extend levers h and braces h. On theupper faces of the barsdstand supports z, upon which rest stay-rodsj,the ends of which are respectively attached to the braces h andcross'bars if. Stay-rods j connect the braces h and arms 0. Between orupon the ends of the levers his held a wheel or flanged roller, 7c.Pulleys Z are located at or in the tops of the standards a, pulleys Zare swiveled to their inner sides, and levers m are pivoted to saidstandards and extend outwardly therefrom toward either side of the gate.Cords a pass over the pnlleysl and Z, being connected at either end tothelevers m and arms 6. Cords n are connected to the levers on at theirextremities.

o is apost, against which the end of the gate rests when it is closed.

On drawing down one of the levers on by its cord at the cord at slipsover the pulleys Z Z and draws the arm 6 outward and backward, causingthe bar (I to turn backward and outinward toward the heel of the gate,and its lever h, with brace h, is carried upward and outward toward thehead of the other post I), the other cord a slipping over the otherpulleys Z Z and allowing the other lever m to fall correspondingly withthe one which was drawn down. Said levers as they rise elevate the gateand carry the wheel toward its end post. As the-gate is raised by saidlevers its heel turns .npou the pin a, said gate passes outward andbackward between the posts b, and the weighted boxes 9 pass downward andinward at either side of said posts and come to rest below the plane ofthe heel of the gate and inward toward the roadway, causing said gate tostand at an acute angle with the roadway and have its center of gravityoutside and beyond its heel and the roadway, the arms e on the bars 01then extending diagonally outward from said bars, and the levers atbeing raised, as before the gate was opened. By giving a quick suddenpull tothe other cord at, its lever in acts through its cord a to drawthe adjacent arm 0 inward and forward, said arm causes its bar 11 toturn forward and inward, the other bar (I and arm 6 take the samecourse, the gate turns inward and forward on its pivot to betweentheposts I), the arms 9 and weighted boxes g rise, the levers h h falland draw the wheel 76 backward, the center of gravity of the gate istransferred to the other side of its heel and within the roadway, and

said gate then falls by its own weight across the roadway against thepost 0, the levers on rising again, as before the gate was closed, andthe arms 0 standing diagonally inward from the bars d.

The pivoting and supporting of said gate between the posts b and thesupporting its outer end upon the wheel 70 011 the levers 71. give asteady and uniform movement to the gate in its rise and fall and preventit from wavering.

The cords n are within the reach of a person on horseback or in a wagon,as well as of one upon foot, enabling said gate to be quickly raised orlowered without the necessity of dismounting from the horse or leavingthe wagon.

By raising the pin a to a higher hole in the posts 12, thus elevatingthe heel of the gate, said gate may be more easily opened and closedduring the winter season, when snow covers the ground.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by.

Letters Patent, is

1. The gate a, having a flanged roller, 70, between its rails andsupported by the posts b, and the levers 71, to which said flangedroller is journaled, in combination with the bars d, arms e g, weightscords a n, pulleys Z l, levers m, and standards 0, substantially asshown and described.

2. The combination of the standards a, levers m, cords n n, pulleys ZZ,arms 0, and bars d with the levers h, posts b, and gate a, having awheel, 7c, between its rails, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the posts I) and the gate a, pivoted at thelower inner corner between said posts, of the post a, the bar d,jonrnaled in the posts I) a and provided with the lever h, the roller70, journaled in the end of the lever h and engaging the gate, theweighted arm 9, the lever m, cord n, and pulleys ll, substantially asshown and described.

v ARTHUR o. BAUMWART' Witnesses:

M. J. CARTER, F. A. MEYER.

